Day 296: Fennel & Parmesan Gratin
Even approaching 300 days (oh my, three HUNDRED days!) of cooking a vegetable in a new way every single day, A Veggie Venture has some holes. A big one -- one I aim to fix NOW -- is fennel. So in February, let's cook some fennel! (Care to join in? Any time during the month, let me know about a fennel post -- either a past post or a current one, even one that just uses fennel seed, since hey! I'm not that picky -- and I'll add it to a running round-up . Send the link via e-mail using akATkitchenHYPHENparadeDOTcom or by leaving a comment!) Tonight's oh-so-simple fennel suffered: it went into the oven with a whole chicken, on the upper rack which turned out to be too far from the heat source at the bottom. When the picture was taken, the fennel was only half done and hmm, let's call it 'chewy'. After another 30 minutes in the oven, it was buttery delicious. NUTRITION NOTES Fennel is high-fiber, low-calorie and low-carb. It's versatile too, great slivered in